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[DakaSha]

well after soul music its The Last Continent.

and soul music is great

i love the small mutation of the "virus" that turns into gangsta-rap

[A. J. Raffles]

Fun, fun, fun.

[DeathDude]

Ahh I remember that book, read it in I believe grade 11, such a long time ago.

[taikara]

Sense and Sensibility is one of my favorite stories ever.

[A. J. Raffles]

taikara, on May 8 2006, 08:11 PM, said:

Sense and Sensibility is one of my favorite stories ever.

It isn't when you read it to see how JA uses romantic poetry to characterise that silly Marianne...
I prefer Persuasion.

[taikara]

Marianne is a bit of an idiot, though, and therefore aptly characterized with the use of romantic poetry

[A. J. Raffles]

taikara, on May 8 2006, 09:28 PM, said:

Marianne is a bit of an idiot, though, and therefore aptly characterized with the use of romantic poetry

Well, no, actually it's more the way in which she reads it and responds to it. For example she seems to put every man who enters the house through a Cowper-test. Edward fails miserably, of course, which is why she can't understand how Elinor could possibly fancy him.

[taikara]

Elinor picked Edward because she's the smart one

Marianne is just daft, Cowper-tests, romantically running/falling down hills in the rain and twisting her ankle/getting sick, and all the other overly dramatic things she does.

Unfortunately, I used to be like Marianne most of the time (not nearly so dramatic, but in sensibility), but am slowly becoming an Elinor.

It's been a while since I read the book, but I really enjoyed it, possibly because I identified with the themes and characters it presented. And I think Emma Thompson's screen adaptation was actually pretty clever, as well.

[A. J. Raffles]

Yes, but the adaptation did change it quite a bit. In the book, Elinor isn't really as likeable as in Emma Thompson's version. She can be quite haughty  sometimes (for example in the way in which she thinks of Mrs Jennings). And she's not a particularly good judge of character. As for Edward, he's just another one of those slightly dull male Jane Austen leads. Do you really buy his story about actually preferring Elinor all along and only carrying on with the engagement to Lucy because he didn't want to break his promise? Elinor buys it, of course, and the novel is pretty much written from her perspective, but it isn't really entirely clear. The ending of the novel is basically a pairing up of all those who are left over, but it's hardly a very happy ending, especially not for Colonel Brandon. Although I suppose Mrs Jennings, John Dashwood and Lucy ought to be happy enough about the outcome...

OK, I'll shut up.

[Moogle]

Sigh...I need to read a new book, last one I read was Battle Royale (which was good) and that was a while ago...

[Sinke]

So far, people imagined abandonware fans as nerd-like beings. But after this post, people will find us like aunties and Oprah-addicts.

At the moment I'm reading Humphrey Boghart's biography "Bogie".

[Moogle]

Sinke, on May 9 2006, 12:29 AM, said:

aunties and Oprah-addicts.

lmfao.

[DeathDude]

Definitely need to start reading myself it's been a very long while, want to track something music related, maybe one of the two iron maiden books, those would be interesting reads, according to people who read them.

[Moogle]

Not really heavey metal I know but, did you read the led Zeplan (spellin?) book? My friend read, it, kinda interesting.

[DeathDude]

Nah haven't read it, but I wouldn't mind checking it out and learning some more about Led Zepplin in the process.